Myanmar junta executes 4 democracy activists: state media
July 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military authorities have executed four democracy activists including former lawmaker and hip-hop artist Phyo Zeya Th...
Teen from Chattogram secures Guinness World Record
July 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Ayman Mohammad, 16, has registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records by stacking 75 coins into a tower within a m...
India’s Sonia Gandhi questioned in historical money launde...
July 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sonia Gandhi has been a driving influence in her once-dominant party since the 1991 assassination of her husband, former prime minist...
Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa sets record atop Pakistan mou...
July 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sanu Sherpa [Courtesy: Pioneer Adventure hiking company]
A 47-year-old Nepalese Sherpa has set a climbing record by scal...
Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Khan wins by-elections in Pun...
July 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan. His party's win in Punjab is a blow to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s ruling coalition....
Myanmar revokes foreign company exemption from currency ru...
July 16 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A bank employee ties stacks of kyat together in Yangon. The Myanmar currency has weakened since the military took control of the...
Plane said to carry Sri Lanka's president most-tracked in...
July 16 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The plane carrying Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa preparing to take off at Male's international airport on July 14, 2022.&nb...
Sri Lanka raises key rates to 21-year high to curb record...
July 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The CBSL raised its Standing Lending Facility rate to 15.50% and the Standing Deposit Facility Rate to 14.50%, both on...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka offers fuel quotas to firms which can...
July 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka currently owes about $800 million to seven fuel suppliers (Photo: Reuters).
Bankrupt Sri Lanka is offering...
Afghanistan's Taliban hold first major clerical meetup sin...
July 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi told state broadcaster RTA on Wednesday that the event would be a forum...
Dhaka most expensive city for expats in South Asia
July 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
File photo: Palash Khan
Dhaka ranks as the most expensive city in South Asia for expatriates, according to Mercer's Cost of Living...
Pakistan takes initial steps to bring Russian oil
July 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The government of Pakistan has made major progress in purchasing oil from Russia. The government has written letters to local refinerie...
Kirin to sell entire stake in venture with Myanmar militar...
June 30 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Kirin had hoped to continue selling beer in Myanmar after the dissolution of the joint venture, but it was not able to do so....
Another anti-India wave sweeps Bangladesh
June 18 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Muslims shout slogans against Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson of India’s governing Hindu nationalist party as they react to the de...
US condemns BJP members’ ‘offensive remarks’ against Proph...
June 18 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price has condemned the offensive comments against Holy Prophet (PBUH) by members of Ind...
Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah killing: Police press charges...
June 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Rohingya leader Mohib UllahReuters file photo
Police in Cox’s Bazar have pressed charges against 29 people in a case filed o...
Muslim body boycotts news channels, urges Muslim intellect...
June 12 ,2022
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By: Anupriya Chatterjee
People watch TV at a store in New Delhi | Representational image | Amit Bhargava| Bloomberg
New Delhi: The All India Musl...
Sri Lanka president’s brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns fr...
June 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Basil Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has resigned.Photo: Reuters
The brother of Sri Lanka&r...
Bangladesh cancels top human rights body's licence
June 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Is...
Elections within mid-December: Deuba
June 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said that general elections will be held within November or mid-December.
“We are discussing i...
Washington briefs Dhaka on Indo-Pacific economic framework
June 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Flags of USA and Bangladesh File photo
The United States has briefed Bangladesh on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), rec...
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